Game Development: Starting with Recreating the Anime Game Style

Chapter 502 Surprise
"Thirty million!"

In the command center, someone shouted, and everyone's attention was instantly drawn to the rapidly changing numbers on the main screen.

The moment the opening CG ended, the number of online viewers worldwide tripled from ten million and was still rapidly increasing, with the barrage of comments completely flooding the screen.

This time, in addition to the bullet comments, Bilibili and Douyin have also added an extra "scrolling comment section". On mobile devices, all the comments from around the world will be constantly refreshed in a small area below the video.

In an instant, Chinese "Awesome!", English "WTF!", and various languages ​​such as Russian, French, and Spanish were mixed together and refreshed at a crazy speed.

In fact, comments without translation convey virtually no information.

But nobody cares about that.

It's like setting off firecrackers during Chinese New Year. You can't hear which firecracker went off individually, but the continuous booming sound itself creates the atmosphere.

Amidst the commotion, a figure dressed in simple casual clothes stepped out onto the screen.

From the end of the video playback to Chu Chen's appearance, the growth curve of online viewers suddenly surged upwards again.

“Fifty million!!!”

This number means that, in addition to the core players of StarCraft, a large number of casual viewers who came purely for the prize draw have finally clicked on the live stream.

~~~
At the same time, Tencent Games Division.

The atmosphere in the spacious conference room was completely different from that on Xingchen's side; it was relaxed.

"President Leng, the number of online users has exceeded 50 million. Xingchen's momentum this time is truly frightening." A subordinate looked at the data in his hand, his tone tinged with worry.

"Scary? This is nothing."

Leng Zefeng glanced at the clock on the wall and slowly said, "Don't rush, the best is yet to come. According to the procedure, after Chu Chen finishes speaking, it should be the first round of the lottery."

Like all raffles, Starry Night's raffle that night was basically held every five minutes.

It seems like the frequency is very high, but the first round of prizes only included 10 prize figures. At the beginning of the event, these 10 prize figures were quite the highlight.

But now, looking at these 10 copies, it feels a bit insufficient.

He paused, and a soft chuckle escaped his lips.

"Once the first round of the lottery is over, the players will realize something's wrong, and then we can join in the fun."

~~~
Leaving aside Leng Zefeng's thoughts for the moment, Chu Chen spoke on the screen.

"Welcome to Starry Night."

Without lengthy speeches or emotional build-up, his voice resonated across the globe through the screen.

"To all commanders, masters, captains, hunters, witchers, heroes, swordsmen, adventurers, idol producers, heroes of Hyrule, survivors of the post-apocalyptic world, PUBG players, and residents of Gensokyo who are watching this video."

"Welcome to every player who has stayed up all night for a save file, cheered for a victory, shed tears for an ending, or smiled knowingly at an Easter egg."

"Tonight, there are no factions, no platforms, and no barriers."

"Tonight, we are all gamers under the stars."

After a series of rapid-fire, breathless utterances, Chu Chen let out a long sigh of relief, and then shouted.

"Welcome everyone to a starry night! Good evening, everyone!!!"

Immediately afterwards, behind the stage, fireworks burst into the sky with a bang, officially beginning the Starry Night.

Actually, Chu Chen filmed this seemingly impressive rapid-fire delivery more than ten times. Fortunately, it was pre-recorded, so all the effects could be perfected before being released.

This rapid-fire delivery certainly had the desired effect; the number of comments and bullet screen messages surged by 300% during the same period.
In other words, many viewers who originally didn't plan to post comments were also motivated to do so after listening to this segment.

"This is a grand gala brought to you by players from all over the world. Before the show begins, please let us give you a surprise!"

Upon hearing the word "surprise," Leng Zefeng's hand, which was holding a teacup, paused in mid-air.

He suddenly had a bad feeling.

Meanwhile, Lei Jun, who had already returned home, was now in high spirits.

coming!

“We have prepared a gift for all our friends who have booked ‘Starry Night’.”

The moment the words left his mouth, the phones of 1.7 million users worldwide vibrated simultaneously. A push notification from the Starry Sky app popped up.

[A Gift from a Starry Night: Congratulations! You've won a random game!]

"You scared me! Just one piece of trash game added to the database?"

Tencent Meeting Room.

Leng Zefeng breathed a sigh of relief. A random game was indeed a pleasant surprise, but it wasn't a big problem.

At most, it was just to lighten the mood and wouldn't have much of an effect. However, just when everyone thought that Chu Chen's so-called surprise was just a game being added to the library...

The screen dimmed.

Immediately afterwards, the roar of a propeller plane echoed from the deep darkness.

A worn-out transport plane cuts through the clouds and appears in the center of the screen. The camera zooms out, revealing a vast, boundless island below the plane, with complex terrain dotted with towns, mountains, and ruins.

As the cabin door opened, one after another, figures carrying parachutes leaped from the plane like dumplings being dropped into a pot.

The camera follows one of the figures as they plummet at high speed from a first-person perspective, the wind whistling in their ears.

The scenery on the ground quickly became clear from blurry patches of color.

"This...this is..."

In the Tencent conference room, Zhao Ming reacted the fastest, followed by Leng Zefeng, who also felt his heart tighten suddenly. His hand trembled, and tea splashed onto the back of his hand, but he was completely unaware of it.

On the screen, the scene changes.

A character wearing only a vest and shorts lands, rushes into a dilapidated building, and frantically picks up a SCAR-L rifle from the ground.

Almost simultaneously, footsteps came from outside the door, and he immediately raised his gun and aimed.

"Bang bang bang!"

The gun spat fire, and an enemy who had just landed fell to the ground, turning into a green box.

Tense, exciting, and full of uncertainty.

The next shot is in the mountains, where a prone player uses an 8x scope with a 98K, holding his breath, his crosshair firmly locked onto a running enemy in the distance.

"boom!"

A crisp gunshot rang out, the bullet whizzed through the air, and a headshot rang out.

The next shot shows a "bridge blockade." A jeep is parked across the middle of the bridge, and four men are using cover to fire wildly at a motorcycle attempting to break through the blockade. The motorcycle explodes in mid-air into a dazzling fireball.

The scenes are changing faster and faster.

Love blossoms around the corner during the alleyway battle in P City.

A life-or-death showdown on the school rooftop.

A phantom tank in a wheat field.

Finally, the ever-shrinking blue poison circle forced the remaining players into a small final circle. Gunshots, grenade explosions, and vehicle roars mingled together, pushing the atmosphere to its peak.

Until the last gunshot rang out, seven large golden characters appeared on the screen.

[Good luck, let’s eat chicken tonight! 】

Winner Winner Chicken Dinner!
At that moment, the global internet seemed to be put on pause.

Countless players, whether in front of their computers or mobile phones, subconsciously held their breath.

On the screen, under everyone's gaze.

"Peacekeeper Elite/PUBG Mobile" (The source material varies in different regions, so the language and logo are different)

Below the logo, a larger and more striking line of gold lettering appeared.

[Officially launched on all platforms on January 1st]

(End of this chapter)